Alexis Self

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Russia's Victory Day military parade is more intimidation than celebration

1 week ago | monocle.com | Alexis Self

Military parades are more about the present than the past. Before Leonid Brezhnev made 9 May a public holiday in 1965, commemorating the end of the Second World War was a muted affair in Russia. A society that had given more than 25 million lives to the fight was in no mood for flypasts and ticker tape. But as the Cold War heated up, Victory Day became more and more about militaristic posturing for a Western audience.

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